Harold's Chicken Shack

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 7, 2018 →
• address8316 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60620

Is Harold's Chicken Shack clean?

Harold's Chicken Shack is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 7, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Harold's Chicken Shack?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 7, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

When was Harold's Chicken Shack last inspected?

Harold's Chicken Shack has 10 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2010.

Harold's Chicken Shack vs Auburn Gresham

Auburn Gresham runs 78% clean across 221 tracked restaurants — 165 clean, 33 mid, 14 cooked.

Against the 221 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 7, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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